NBA Commissioner David Stern is a wise man. That low-budget Bill Gates looking sonofabitch was smart to institute a ban prohibiting players from using Twitter 45 minutes before games until the press is allowed in the locker room after games. After a controversy last season where Charlie Villanueva tweeted during halftime of a game, Stern decided that enough was enough! He wasn’t about to let one of his players just talk shit freely like a @terrellowens or an @OGOchoCinco!
It’s a good rule, because it minimizes the chance of an athlete publishing something stupid for the entire world to see. I have all the respect in the world for pro athletes, but let’s face it: Sometimes, some of them say really dumb things.
Granted, lots of people say dumb things…It’s just that when athletes do it, it ends up on SportsCenter. Next, millions of people start to criticize them and it becomes this big stink of a situation. Why not give those guys time to cool off from the heat of competitive game situations before expressing themselves?
Can you imagine what Rasheed Wallace’s twitter account would look like if he were allowed to Tweet immediately after getting ejected from a game?
TheRealRasheed – I’M SUSPENDED?! OHH. EMM. GEE. WTF?!
TheRealRasheed – Got my agent on one line, & Stu Jackson on the other…
TheRealRasheed – FUCK YOU JOEY CRAWFORD! I’M GONNA BLOW UP YOUR CAR & GET YOUR DAUGHTER PREGNANT!
TheRealRasheed – HOW YOU GON’ CALL ME FOR 3-SECONDS IN THE 4TH QUARTER?! THIS IS BULLSHIT!!
Instant access to your innermost thoughts isn’t for everybody. For the sake of the NBA’s brand, I think David Stern made the right call. What do you all think?
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Raise that ban for Antwan Jamison..let him tweet his heart out DURING THE GAME..hopefully his ass for get to go into the game.
they should ban ochocinco and reggie bush just for being wack as hell. quickly unfollowed!
Yaza, Maza Stern…
@ ANIMAL, That’s funny!
@ latariansaupair, I never followed Reggie Bush, but I follow Ocho Cinco. Then again, I don’t remember anything he’s tweeted being that memorable. TO on the other hand, has some funny ones! Especially when he was making steroid jokes about Rodney Harrison.
@ anonymousnupe, the NHL has a similar rule, so I don’t think this is some slave-driver type of deal. It’s more of a “protect my investment” one LOL